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Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music

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Review: Edvard Munch portraits, Indian film Sister Midnight, Chekhov's The Seagull with Cate Blanchett
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
13 Mar 2025,42 mins
Former Orange Juice frontman Edwyn Collins performs, Torrey Peters' new book, centenary of Scottish artist Ian Hamilton Finlay
Edwyn Collins performs live, novelist Torrey Peters, Ian Hamilton Finlay Centenary.
12 Mar 2025,42 mins
The Leopard, Natasha Brown, Manchester International Festival, Elizabeth Fritsch
The Leopard, Natasha Brown, Manchester International Festival, Elizabeth Fritsch.
11 Mar 2025,42 mins
Jack Thorne and Philip Barantini on Adolescence, Italian pianist Ludovico Einaudi
Netflix series, Adolescence; Romantasy fiction and Ludovico Einaudi.
10 Mar 2025,42 mins
Review: film Mickey 17, David Szalay’s novel Flesh, Get Millie Black TV series
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
06 Mar 2025,42 mins
Jessica Lange, Welsh National Opera's new joint leaders, artist Alison Watt
Jessica Lange, Welsh National Opera's new joint CEOs, and artist Alison Watt.
05 Mar 2025,42 mins
Raoul Peck on photographer Ernest Cole, the death of Bill Dare, 14th-century art in Siena, Colum McCann's novel Twist
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
04 Mar 2025,42 mins
Daniel Evans as Edward II, Laura Carreira's film On Falling, last night's Oscar winners
What this year's Oscar winners say about the film and Daniel Evans on playing Edward II.
03 Mar 2025,42 mins
Review: Leigh Bowery exhibition, The Summer with Carmen film, Michael Amherst's novel The Boyhood of Cain
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
27 Feb 2025,42 mins
Anjelica Huston, Tim Roth and British Museum Director Nicholas Cullinan
Kirsty Wark talks to Anjelica Huston about Agatha Christie's Towards Zero.
26 Feb 2025,41 mins
New medical drama Berlin ER, Stacy L Smith, German Elections, Santanu Bhattacharya
New medical drama Berlin ER, Stacy L Smith on more women leading Hollywood films.
25 Feb 2025,42 mins
25 Years of 21st Century: Theatre
The performing arts - first 25 years of the 21st century on the stage.
24 Feb 2025,42 mins
Review: A Thousand Blows, Richard II, Perspectives by Laurent Binet
Thursday's review with Tom Sutcliffe and critics John Mullan and Caroline Frost.
20 Feb 2025,42 mins
25 Years of 21st Century: Art and Architecture
Kirsty Wark and guests on how art and architecture have evolved over the last 25 years.
19 Feb 2025,42 mins
Muhammad Ali in South Shields, Sheila Fell exhibition in Cumbria, Dame Myra Hess
Muhammad Ali in South Shields, Sheila Fell exhibition in Cumbria, Dame Myra Hess.
18 Feb 2025,42 mins
Walter Salles on I'm Still Here, Matt Goss performs live, The Face magazine exhibition at National Portrait Gallery
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
17 Feb 2025,42 mins
Review: Bridget Jones; Linder Stirling exhibition; Memoir of a Snall animation
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
13 Feb 2025,42 mins
Future of TV soaps, Joseph O'Connor's new book, stage version of Murakami short stories
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
12 Feb 2025,42 mins
25 Years of 21st Century: Books
Zadie Smith, Andrew O'Hagan, Harriett Gilbert and Philip Jones on the books of the century
11 Feb 2025,42 mins
Robert de Niro, Gladiators exhibition, Festen: Mark Anthony Turnage and Lee Hall's new opera
Robert De Niro on thriller Zero Day, his TV series debut.
10 Feb 2025,42 mins
Review: The Last Showgirl, Oedipus, Nobel author Han Kang's novel We Do Not Part
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
06 Feb 2025,42 mins
September 5 director Tim Fehlbaum, new Motherland spin-off TV series Amandaland, the history of Slapstick
September 5 director Tim Fehlbaum, new TV series Amandaland, the history of Slapstick.
05 Feb 2025,41 mins
25 Years of 21st Century: Film and Television
How film and television have changed in the first 25 years of this century.
04 Feb 2025,41 mins
Director Coralie Fargeat on The Substance, Josephine Baker's autobiography, poet Anne Carson on Elektra on stage
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
03 Feb 2025,42 mins
Review: Mike Leigh's Hard Truths, Inside No. 9 on stage, film Saturday Night
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
30 Jan 2025,42 mins
Jane Austen's sister, artist Chila Kumari Singh Burman, football in fiction
Jane Austen's sister Cassandra, artist Chila Kumari Singh Burman, football in fiction.
28 Jan 2025,42 mins
25 Years of 21st Century: Music
How music and and the music industry has been transformed in the last 25 years.
27 Jan 2025,42 mins
Review: supernatural thriller film Presence, Edmund White's sex memoir and Brazil! Brazil! at the Royal Academy
Tom is joined by Rowan Pelling and Tim Robey to review the highlights of the week.
23 Jan 2025,43 mins
James Graham on Brian & Maggie, The Merchant of Venice, Live music from Julie Fowlis and Karine Polwart
James Graham on Brian & Maggie, Merchant of Venice, live music from Karine Polwart.
22 Jan 2025,42 mins
Anora director Sean Baker, Caryl Phillips's new novel, Somerset House exhibition on Soil
Sean Baker on Anora, Caryl Phillips's new novel, an exhibition on Soil at Somerset House.
21 Jan 2025,42 mins

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